Fun in September! Exciting Preschool Quiz Collection

silver grass

On the night of the harvest moon (Jūgoya), various offerings are made to pray for a good autumn harvest. Among them, pampas grass (susuki) is offered because, although people would ideally display newly harvested rice, it is not yet the season to harvest it; therefore, they offer susuki with seed heads instead. Additionally, because the stems of susuki are hollow, they have long been believed to be places where deities can dwell.

in the soil

When sweet potatoes are planted in the soil, their roots grow rapidly, and many of those roots thicken and develop into sweet potatoes. They have purple skin, a sweet taste, and come in various sizes and shapes. They’re a versatile vegetable that can be used in cooking and baking, such as for tempura or sweet potato desserts.

the eye of a typhoon

A typhoon is formed when clouds that have been bringing rain in hot regions grow larger and larger, winding into a spiral as the winds intensify, and it moves while gaining strength. The center of that spiral is called the eye of the typhoon, and, curiously, inside the eye there is little rain or wind, and sometimes you can even see blue sky.

The day of the year when the lengths of day and night are the same.

In summer it gets dark later, and in winter it gets dark earlier, right? The Autumnal Equinox Day means “to divide autumn.” From this day onward, the extremely hot summer gradually shifts to the cooler autumn, and the nights start to grow longer.

red dragonfly

Among the red-colored dragonflies often seen in autumn, there is a species called the akiatone (Autumn Darter), which is red in color. The akiatone, which does not tolerate heat well, heads to cool highlands during the hot summer months and returns to the lowlands again when it becomes cooler in autumn.

chestnut

Chestnuts are not vegetables but tree-grown fruit, and the nuts are encased in a hard outer shell called an 'onigawa.' As for why they’re protected by spiky burrs, it used to be said that it was to prevent animals from eating them after they fell, but now it’s believed to be to protect them from insects.

fragrant olive

Osmanthus fragrans (kinmokusei) is a tree that produces flowers with a delightful fragrance. As the hot summer comes to an end, it blooms with cute orange flowers that let us know autumn has arrived with their pleasant scent. The blooming period is short, and while the fragrance is strong in the morning, it settles down by evening.